CVE intelligence and bounded remediation

CVE-2022-36803 — Atlassian Jira Align security vulnerability

High CVSS 8.8

The MasterUserEdit API in Atlassian Jira Align Server before version 10.109.2 allows An authenticated attacker with the People role permission to use the MasterUserEdit API to modify any users role to Super Admin. This vulnerability was reported by Jacob Shafer from Bishop Fox.

Severity
High
CVSS
8.8 (3.1)
Published
2022-10-14
CISA KEV
Not currently listed
Ecosystem
software/application
Weaknesses
CWE-276

Affected products

  • atlassian / jira_align

Matched remediation archetype

Privilege escalation and unsafe privilege management

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Check exposure

  • Map service accounts, operating-system identities, roles, capabilities, impersonation, set-user transitions, and administrative helper paths.
  • Determine whether untrusted users or lower-privilege processes can reach the affected transition or modify inputs it trusts.
  • Review file, socket, registry, device, job, container, and cloud-role permissions used before and after privilege changes.

Remediate safely

  • Apply the supported fix and redesign privileged operations as a minimal, authenticated, allowlisted interface.
  • Drop privileges before processing untrusted input, verify the drop succeeds, and remove unnecessary roles, capabilities, and write permissions.
  • Validate ownership and permissions at time of use and add explicit lower-to-higher privilege boundary tests.

Authoritative sources

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